Overview
- Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Marco Rubio said Washington does not yet know whether Moscow is serious about a settlement and will continue to probe its intentions.
- Rubio said the range of negotiating issues has narrowed, with the most difficult decisions still outstanding, and he reiterated U.S. support for a just, sustainable deal.
- After meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Rubio posted that President Trump wants a solution that ends the bloodshed "once and for all."
- Zelenskyy and U.S. officials discussed sequencing steps on security guarantees and economic recovery ahead of trilateral talks in Geneva on February 17–18.
- Zelenskyy has said the United States proposed aiming to conclude a deal before summer due to congressional elections, and TASS reported Russia will send presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky to lead its delegation.